Baltasar Gracian

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A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.
Baltasar Gracian

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.
Baltasar Gracian

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.
Baltasar Gracian

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
Baltasar Gracian

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
Baltasar Gracian

Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.
Baltasar Gracian

Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.
Baltasar Gracian

Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.
Baltasar Gracian

At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape, at eighty a nothing at all.
Baltasar Gracian

Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed.
Baltasar Gracian

Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.
Baltasar Gracian

Begin with another's to end with your own.
Baltasar Gracian

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
Baltasar Gracian

Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some novelty left over. The person who displays a little more of it each day keeps up expectations, and no one ever discovers the limits of his talent.
Baltasar Gracian

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.
Baltasar Gracian

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.
Baltasar Gracian

Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.
Baltasar Gracian

Evil report carries further than any applause.
Baltasar Gracian

Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being applauded when you arrive - for that is common - but being missed when you leave.
Baltasar Gracian

Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulders.
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Biography
Type: Philosopher
Nationality: Spanish
Born: January 8, 1601
Died: December 6, 1658

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Baltasar Gracian

Showing quotations 1 to 11 of 11 total A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends. Baltasar Gracian All that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that. Baltasar Gracian Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed. Baltasar Gracian Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others. Baltasar GracianGreat ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment. Baltasar Gracian It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterward. Baltasar Gracian Know how to ask. There is nothing more difficult for some people, nor for others, easier. Baltasar GracianNever do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong. Baltasar GracianPut yourself on view. This brings your talents to light. Baltasar Gracian The great art of giving consists in this: the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated. Baltasar Gracian The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good. Baltasar Gracian, The Art of Worldly Wisdom, 1647

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Baltasar Gracian

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A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.
Baltasar Gracian

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early.
Baltasar Gracian

A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.
Baltasar Gracian

A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
Baltasar Gracian

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
Baltasar Gracian

Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.
Baltasar Gracian

Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.
Baltasar Gracian

Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.
Baltasar Gracian

At 20 a man is a peacock, at 30 a lion, at 40 a camel, at 50 a serpent, at 60 a dog, at 70 an ape, and at 80 nothing.
Baltasar Gracian

At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape, at eighty a nothing at all.
Baltasar Gracian

Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed.
Baltasar Gracian

Be content to act, and leave the talking to others.
Baltasar Gracian

Begin with another's to end with your own.
Baltasar Gracian

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
Baltasar Gracian

Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some novelty left over. The person who displays a little more of it each day keeps up expectations, and no one ever discovers the limits of his talent.
Baltasar Gracian

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.
Baltasar Gracian

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.
Baltasar Gracian

Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.
Baltasar Gracian

Evil report carries further than any applause.
Baltasar Gracian

Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being applauded when you arrive - for that is common - but being missed when you leave.
Baltasar Gracian

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